It's amazing. Long Island, I don't know really. It's quite a fascinating area.

I can't say, maybe it's something in the ingredients, but again, we have a couple of contestants from Long Island and a phenomenal array of chefs.

Focus on your customers and make that restaurant synonymous to where you are in terms of area.

I love eating out. I don't deny that. But I don't want 12 or 15 courses because the chef wants me to taste this or taste that. I just want to be able to decide.

To have 95% of the ingredients sourced, food and wine, within 100 miles radius, that's a dream come true for any chef.

There's a side to reality TV that is part education, as well. I've seen that since doing "MasterChef Junior," in terms of the effect it has on the confidence given these young kids from 8 to 13, a quality life skill. Even if they never pursue cooking as a job or a career, just learning how to cook for yourself sets you up in a good place.

The amount of customers who take pictures before they eat is insane.